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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: September 2, 1997 Re: C-452/Bill No. 129 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 1:40 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 129, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 452 dated August 19, 1997, regazding the change of zone request by Seamont Enterprises, LLC, dba Ka'awaloa Orchards at Ka'awaloa, South Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 8-1-9:18, 19, 21 and Portions of 20, 22, 23 & 24, reports as follows: Bill No. 129 amends Section 25-8-4 (South Kona District Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code, by changing the district classification for approximately 22.511 acres of land from an Agricultural (A-Sa) to an Agricultural Project District (APD). The subject property is located along the south side of Ka'awaloa Road approximately 800 feet makai (west) of the Ka'awaloa Road/Napo'opo'o Road intersection where the applicant proposes to convert an existing tropical fruit orchard operation into a 7-lot planned agricultural community. A protective covenant for each proposed lot would prohibit further subdivision of the lots for a period of 40 years. Other restrictions require 85% of the total land azea to be retained in its existing orchard use of lychee, rambutan, and avocado or similaz uses with the allowance of only one farm dwelling on each lot limited to 15% of the total land azea of the lot. Accessory uses and facilities such as shade houses, agricultural storage shed and other uses necessary to facilitate or process the primary agricultural products will be permitted and public retail sales of agricultural products shall be prohibited. Access to the APD site will be via a private 50-foot wide access easement which will extend approximately 1,000 feet from Napo'opo'o Road, a County road with a 50-foot right-of--way with approximately 18 feet of pavement. The existing access is a 16-foot pavement within a 20-foot wide graded right-of--way, and a 15-foot wide ungraded road reserve on each side of the roadway. Soils within the subject property, which is rectangular in shape, have been classified as "C" or Fair for agricultural productivity by the Land Study Bureau's Detail Land Classification System and the Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) system classifies the soils within the subject property as "Other Important Agricultural Lands." Water for the proposed APD is presently serviced with water from the County's existing 8-inch waterline along the Napo'opo'o Road. Six existing 5!8 inch water meters located along Napo'opo'o Road provide water to the subject property and private water lines extend from these PC REPORT NO. ~ ~